I often hear the "three wives and four concubines", describing the ancient couples etiquette and law system.But in fact, it is more accurate that most of the dynasties are monogamy and more.
So what is the difference between wife and concubine?
First, the purpose of marrying a wife and Na Ni is different.
Marrying a wife is saying that Ming Media is marrying, paying attention to the door -to -door, obeying the words of the media, the parents life.
The wife is usually a daughter of a large family, and his origin is innocent.The purpose of marrying a wife is to set up a family.
Na Yin is different.
Many ordinary people are promoted because their wives have not been able to have offspring at a certain age, so they have to accept it.
Only when the status and wealth accumulate to a certain degree can they be eligible for other purposes.
Some rooms are dowry for the wife.
Second, the process of marrying a wife and Na Na is different.
The process of marrying a wife is extremely complicated. You need to comply with six gifts: Nattic, question name, Najib, Naja, request, and welcome.
Each step has strict regulations, which shows that there is enough respect for the wifes house.
But Na Na is much simpler, and even if the parents of both parties come forward, you can buy it with money.
No matter how favored the concubine room, you cant go to the main door when you enter the house. You can only use the car to lift the chamber to the side door, and then the wife will send the housekeeper or the next person willBringing into the house, the room room even worshiped tea to his wife.
Third, the status is different.
At home, the status of his wife is second only to the husband, and even many dynasties have the same status.
The wife is the master of a family affairs. It is fully responsible for the large and small affairs of the family, including the management room, and a certain penalty can be punished.
妾 cannot participate in the family sacrifice of the husbands family, so the relatives of the concubine cannot be regarded as the in-laws of the husband.
In some dynasties, the identity of the concubine has not even had a high status of his own children.
Fourth, the treatment in the husbands house is different.
Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, the wife lives in the main house, and the room can only live in a partial house.When the wife and husband were along with the husbands family, the room could only stand aside.
When the three were in the same seat, the room did not have the right to seat together, and could only sit in the offset.
If there is a conflict between the wife and concubine, the law of most dynasties will take the principle of protecting the right wife.
The status of the 妾 room is more like a fence, unless it is very favored, it can be better treated.But if you fell out of favor, the treatment will return to a relatively low level.
Fifth, the status of the offspring is also different
The child born to the wife is a sister-in-lawFemale, the children of the birthday are the sister -in -law, and the status in the family is completely different.
Generally, the sister -in -law and wealth of the sister -in -law can inherit the husbands family, but the possibility of inheritance of the sister -in -law and sister -in -law is relatively small.
The roy of most dynasties is the same. The heir of Huangquan can not be the eldest son, but it must be a sister-in-law.Even if the son is the eldest son, he generally cannot inherit the throne.
Sixth, the relationship between the law is different
As mentioned earlier, many timesHe is because of the needs of a reproduction of offspring, to be precise, to reproduce the needs of his wife.
Therefore, the children of the concubine can be regarded as the child of the wife in the ancestral law, but the child of the wife is not a child of the concubine.
In some dynasties, the children given to the room themselves cannot be called their mother-in-law, but they can only be called aunt.
Many daughter -in -law will be used as a dowry girl when they get married when they get married.
This kind of daughter -in -law to marry a husbands family will become a concubine room, but because it is the wifes marriage, it will be higher than other rooms.
